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Red Quay (1958)

Red Quay poster
Original title
赤い波止場
Directed by
Toshio Masuda
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 39m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Japanese action film from the late 1950s. It follows a man caught up in the criminal underworld of a port city.

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What happens

Red Quay (Japanese: 赤い波止場, Hepburn: Akai hatoba) is a 1958 Japanese black-and-white action film, directed by Toshio Masuda. Red Quay was one of the many successful collaborations between director Toshio Masuda and actor Yujiro Ishihara which defined the Nikkatsu action film genre. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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